Director Ryan Gosling walks the red carpet for his new film "Lost River" during the South by Southwest Film Festival on Saturday, March 14, 2015 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)

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Taylor Swift isn't the only celebrity activist of the week. Ryan Gosling, moved by a Humane Society investigation that found gruesome mistreatment of chickens at one of Costco's big egg suppliers, has written a letter to Costco's CEO asking the chain to start selling only cage-free eggs, People reports. "Video footage revealed abhorrent cruelty including rows upon rows of birds confined in filth-laden cages with the mummified corpses of their cage-mates—eating, sleeping, defecating, and laying eggs on top of dead birds," Gosling wrote.

"It is appalling that Costco has been selling these eggs with deceptive labeling on cartons featuring graphics of birds living out in a green pasture," he continued. "You’re already eliminating cages for veal calves and pigs—don’t you feel that chickens also deserve the same mercy?" ETOnline notes that Costco said all the way back in 2007 it planned to move toward cage-free eggs, but has not yet set an actual timeline.

I am shocked this story made it, since they are big time left wing DNC donors.

FarmerM

Jun 23, 2015 5:20 PM CDT

I raise chickens. I have at least three different styles of nests in different areas so my flock of less than 50 will not kill each other or eat the eggs. The difficulty in raising thousands of egg laying chickens is huge...and turns nasty the minute someone tries to cut the labor budget of keeping every chicken happy. (No light, food or what ever, no eggs...and we are in the business of wanting eggs, so why do things to make sure we don't get them?) So folks, if you want this done for you over spending $1,200 for that cute hen house in your back yard, pay the price. Eggs are a loss leader. I rarely see eggs priced in a store, let alone Costco, any where near what they really cost me. But then my yolks stand up when I fry an egg and have a bright color and my sheep barn doesn't have any flies in them, so the benefits make sure I keep feeding my chickens well. A little know fact is that chickens really are not from around here...they have a 25 to 26 hour clock on laying eggs and no one knows where they picked that up. Ducks, regular every day. Chickens--eggs are more like United flights, slightly different times than posted.

RogerMohajir

Jun 23, 2015 3:37 PM CDT

Based on their general record of corporate responsibility, I'm surprised that Costco has taken this long to move to more humane suppliers of eggs. Virtually every foodstuff could be cheaper than it is, if we are willing to put up with cruelty, bad labor practices, and a lack of sanitation in its production. Everyone will draw the line at a different place, but I would agree with Mr. Gosling and many others on this thread that the way their big egg suppliers are run crosses the line.